Badminton at the 1997 East Asian Games

1997 East Asian Games
Tournament details
Dates10 – 19 May
Edition2nd
VenuePukyong National University Gymnasium
LocationBusan, South Korea
1993 Shanghai 2009 Hong Kong

Badminton at the 1997 East Asian Games was held at Busan, South Korea in the month of May.[1] Competitions for five individual disciplines as well as for teams was conducted.[2] Host South Korea topped with four gold medals, while China won two gold medals and Chinese Taipei's only gold medal was in the men's singles discipline.[3][4]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (South Korea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea (KOR)4228
2 China (CHN)23510
3 Chinese Taipei (TPE)1034
4 Japan (JPN)0246
Totals (4 entries)771428

Medalists

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Chinese Taipei Fung Permadi Japan Fumihiko Machida China Chen Wei
South Korea Jang Chun-woong
Women's singles South Korea Lee Joo-hyun Japan Takako Ida China Sun Jian
China Zeng Yaqiong
Men's doubles South Korea Lee Dong-soo
South Korea Yoo Yong-sung
South Korea Choi Ji-tae
South Korea Kim Joong-suk
China Que Ning
China Liang Yongping
Japan Takuya Katayama
Japan Yuzo Kubota
Women's doubles China Zhang Jin
China Peng Xinyong
China Wang Li
China Liu Lufang
Chinese Taipei Peng Ju-yu
Chinese Taipei Chen Mei-chun
Japan Chikako Nakayama
Japan Takae Masumo
Mixed doubles South Korea Lee Dong-soo
South Korea Yim Kyung-jin
China Yang Ming
China Zhang Jin
China Hu Zhilan
China Peng Xinyong
South Korea Yoo Yong-sung
South Korea Lee Kyung-won
Men's team  South Korea
Hwang Sun-ho
Jang Chun-wong
Lee Dong-soo
Choi Ji-tae
Kim Joong-suk
Kim Hyung-joon
Yoo Yong-sung
 China
Hu Zhilan
Xiao Ting
Que Ning
Yang Ming
Liang Yongping
Xia Xuanze
Chen Wei
 Chinese Taipei
Chen Feng
Jang Chun-wung
Huang Shih-chung
 Japan
Fumihiko Machida
Yuzo Kubota
Takuya Katayama
Women's team  China
Yao Jie
Liu Lufang
Wang Li
Zhang Jin
Peng Xinyong
Sun Jian
Zeng Yaqiong
 South Korea
Lee Joo-hyun
Lee Deuk-soon
Park Se-yeon
Lee So-young
Cha Yun-sook
Yim Kyung-jin
Park Jin-hyun
Lee Kyung-won
 Chinese Taipei
Peng Ju-yu
Chen Mei-chun
 Japan
Chikako Nakayama
Takae Masumo
Takako Ida

Final results

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Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Chinese Taipei Fung Permadi Japan Fumihiko Machida 18–13, 15–5
Women's singles South Korea Lee Joo-hyun Japan Takako Ida 11–8, 11–5
Men's doubles South Korea Lee Dong-soo
South Korea Yoo Yong-sung
South Korea Choi Ji-tae
South Korea Kim Joong-suk
15–2, 15–4
Women's doubles China Zhang Jin
China Peng Xinyong
China Wang Li
China Liu Lufang
15–8, 15–6
Mixed doubles South Korea Lee Dong-soo
South Korea Yim Kyung-jin
China Yang Ming
China Zhang Jin
15–11, 15–6

References

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  1. ^ "[동아시아대회] 한국여자 배드민턴 일본 꺾고 은메달 확보" (in Korean). Korea Economic Daily. 12 May 1997. Archived from the original on 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. ^ Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (14 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: CHINESE WOMEN SQUEEZE BY KOREA TO TAKE TEAM GOLD". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. ^ Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (14 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: KOREA STUNS CHINA IN MEN'S TEAM FINAL". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  4. ^ Grossman, Mike; Lee, Jh (18 May 1997). "EAST ASIAN GAMES: KOREA GRABS 3 BADMINTON GOLD MEDALS". World Badminton – Shuttle News. Retrieved 19 August 2011.